Law help?

I think you are asking about sealing/expunging a charge and not vacating the conviction. These are two different things. Vacating the conviction...

Term help?

This usually occurs when a defendant accepts a plea offer from the state or pleads to the bench. A defendant has many rights that they waive, or...

A judgment and sentence (or "JNS") is the court order specifying a person's judgment (i.e., guilty or adjudication withheld) and spells out what...

Crime option help on things you can do?

No. Pretrial diversion takes a person's case off of the trial docket and resolves their case outside of the courtroom. If a person has been found...

How to plead?

Plead NOT GUILTY at the Arraignment. The Arraignment is simply to inform you of the charges, to determine what kind of counsel you will have, and...

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Can i report someone to the States Attorneys office for welfare fraud? What is the penalty in Florida for this?

Instead of reporting this directly to the State Attorney's Office, you may wish to report it to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement or even...

Can a spouse drag a settlement agreement out indefinitley? They are asking for delay after delay & getting it. Doesnt make sense

While divorce cases can unfortunately drag on large amounts of time, eventually the judge can and will set it for trial. Divorce, like other kinds...

Charge: assault w/ deadly wpn, w/o intent to kill, the fight was between brothers, can this be dropped at all?

Your son, the victim, has the right to provide input to the State Attorney's Office. His input can include his request to drop the charges. He can...

Is it perjury when an arrest warrant contains false information? Should they have checked facts before?

Knowingly providing false information to law enforcement in a sworn affidavit is a crime, aggravated when it results in harm to another person. If...

Is it possible to change a guilty charge to adjudication withheld after the fact?

The answer is probably not. Even if the state agrees, the court only has jurisdiction for 30 days after sentencing. Even then, the case law is...